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[+] [S] 241 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 162 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sounds to me like law enforcement know they fucked up the arrest and search, that evidence won't be admissible in court, so they're trying to make it public instead to prejudice not only the public but the jury pool.

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  • [–] 88 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Half of America would be partying in the streets if it's found he was illegally searched and all that fruit of the poison tree ends up in the garbage.

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  • [+] 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I really need a new word for it. Hate isn't right, detest is too little, loath feels dormant... I need a word to describe the roiling plasma of rage that rests in my heart.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago*

    When anger and disgust combine, you get contempt. And while the word doesn’t sound super impactful, contempt is one of the strongest emotions, and one that is often deeply rooted in your sense of identity. Because if you hold genuine contempt for something, it’s usually because it flies in the face of your core personal values. It’s an emotion that makes it difficult to even function properly when you’re near the target of your contempt; It’s the kind of emotion that drives people to violence.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Infuriated? Disgusted to the point of destruction? I mirror your sentiment, I can't help but be so incredibly angry all the time, it's really hard to focus or direct that energy anymore. Also love a cthulhu mythos reference, nice name.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I agree with more than half. Probably. And I’m not going to be pedantic and pretend like “everyone” means literally 100% of the population.

    But “everyone” is still a strong word, and we have SO many people who have been conditioned their entire lives to equate material wealth with admirable people and lives well lived. They might be jealous of the rich, but it’s the same way they might be jealous of a professional athlete or a rock star. It’s not “fuck that guy,” it’s “I want to be that guy.”

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Regardless of their feelings on the rich, I think you'll find that most people aren't ok with the murder.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Unless ofc the one being murdered is a murderer themselves ... and many Americans who've dealt with privalized health care can attest to that being true.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I fully appreciate what you're saying, and I'm not even saying I disagree. But most people still won't support it.

    There have been polls. He has a lot of support, but it's definitely not more than half.

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  • [–] 138 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Whoa, I've heard some overblown jury pool bias arguments but appearing in a documentary and sharing evidence that hasn't even been shared in discovery sounds pretty unacceptable. If the documentary people were able to read/view/discuss this evidence, what was the delay in getting it to the defense attorneys?

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wait, isn't this pretty similar to how the very-obvious rapist Bill Cosby ultimately got off? That strategy... that actually might work, even without jury nullification.

    Also I just gotta say... NYC Mayor and "hair and makeup" in the same sentence made me laugh. I know that's a technical term but, c'mon.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not quite. The prosecution fucked that up by offering him immunity in exchange for testimony. Under that agreement, Cosby never should have even seen the inside of a jail cell. They absolutely should have not made that deal, but the integrity of the justice system (if such a concept exists) demanded that Cosby be released.

    If they can somehow prove that the arrest or search was illegal, that's a huge deal and will get a ton of evidence tossed or even the whole trial nullified.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    If they can somehow prove that the arrest or search was illegal, that’s a huge deal and will get a ton of evidence tossed or even the whole trial nullified.

    I can nearly guarantee you that one of the courts, whether the current court or a later appellant court, will weasel their way to saying that the evidence being used would have been found anyway (the second exception), and thus won't get thrown out even if they admit to the search being illegal.

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